John Pont

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John Pont is a college football coach who has served as head coach at Miami University, Yale University, Northwestern University and Indiana University. He is the only Indiana University coach to take a team to the Rose Bowl. Later in his career, Pont was recruited to start a football program at Cincinnati's College of Mount St. Joseph. Pont later served as coach and consultant in creating a professional football league in Japan. He was honored as NCAA Division 1-A coach of the year in 1967, the year his Hoosiers appeared in the Rose Bowl. He is a member of the Cradle of Coaches and the Miami and Indiana Athletic Halls of Fame.

As an undergraduate, he was an outstanding halfback at Miami University, playing for coach Woody Hayes. After a serving a tour as a Navy submariner, he played professional football in Canada. He and several of his "Cradle of Coaches" compatriots are the subject of the book Fields of Honor, written by Pont's niece, Sally Pont.

Preceded by: Alex Agase	Northwestern Wildcats Head Coaches 1973–1977	Succeeded by: Rick Venturi
Preceded by: Phil Dickens	Indiana University Head Football Coaches 1965-1972	Succeeded by: Lee Corso
Preceded by: Tom Cahill	Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 1967	Succeeded by: Woody Hayes
Preceded by: Ara Parseghian	Miami University Head Football Coaches 1956-1963	Succeeded by: Bo Schembechler

Northwestern Wildcats Head Football Coaches
Ames • Noyes • Ewing • Culver • Van Doozer • Bannard • Hollister • McCornack • Johnson • Horr • Hammett • Grady • Murphy • Bachman • McDevitt • Thistlethwaite • Hanley • Waldorf • Voigts • Saban • Parseghian • Agase • Pont • Venturi • Green • Peay • Barnett • Walker • Fitzgerald

Indiana Hoosiers Head Football Coaches
Woodford • Wollen • Herod • Ferbert • Huddleston • Osgood • Wren • Gonterman • Horne • Sheldon • Childs • Stiehm • Herron • Ingram • Page • Hayes • McMillin • Smith • Crimmins • Hicks • Dickens • Pont • Corso • Wyche • Mallory • Cameron • DiNardo • Hoeppner

Miami Redskins/RedHawks Head Football Coaches
Fauver • Merrill • McIntyre • Branch • Hazzard • McPherson • Smith • Parmallee • Foster • Iddings • Sweetland • Donnelly • Roberts • Little • Rider • Little • Ewing • Pittser • Wilton • Holcomb • Gillman • Blackburn • Hayes • Parseghian • Pont • Schembechler • Mallory • Crum • Reed • Rose • Walker • Hoeppner• Montgomery